I want to thank those of you that attended the June 9th City Council public hearing on Tucson's budget determination for the 2015/16 Fiscal Year. In the final moments before the budget was passed, the City Council and interim City Manager, Martha Dirkin agreed on bridge funding for Access Tucson while the proposal for a new Community Media Center is being decided.

Access Tucson is featured in the Tucson Weekly's guest commentary. Journalist Frederick Emrich outlines the demise of community media--this is not a death by natural causes as the City of Tucson would like you to believe.

Attending the City Council meetings is one way that you can help. We have done this in the past. Numbers count. You are voters. You are citizens of Tucson. You get to at least be heard and seen. Please wear your best purple anything--that's the color of our volunteer crew shirts--wear those if you have them. I will be wearing mine proudly.

The next public hearing for adoption of the City of Tucson's budget for the fiscal year 2015/16 will be held June 9th. The City Council meetings begin at 5:30pm.

As you know, your community media center has been underfunded and undervalued for quite some time--if ever--by the City of Tucson. This month the City issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the creation of a City Community Center.